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pokeweed::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | herbaceous plant, herb |
| Has types | bella sombra, garget, poke, scoke, indian poke, ombu, phytolacca acinosa, phytolacca americana, phytolacca dioica, pigeon berry |
Examples of pokeweed
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In a weedy part of his Winston-Salem lot, pokeweed grows in wild, red-caned riot.
From the charlotteobserver.com
People were living off blackberries, huckleberries, dandelions and pokeweed greens.
From the newsobserver.com
Some gardeners let pokeweed, a native plant, grow because it provides food for birds.
From the dispatch.com
Pokeweed, also known as red ink plant, is an unpleasant-smelling perennial.
From the edp24.co.uk
Pokeweed been used to treat a variety of ailments and is considered a rather potent remedy.
From the inrich.com
Pokeweed seeds can remain viable in the soil for 40 years.
From the dispatch.com
Since common pokeweed is not very palatable, most animals avoid eating it unless little else is available.
From the dispatch.com
The prairie was full of dried pokeweed and sumac berries when I joined 12 other birders there last Sunday.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Northern mockingbirds were thick, chasing each other around as they vied for the best patches of pokeweed.
From the charlotteobserver.com
- Perennial of the genus Phytolacca
- American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana), or simply pokeweed, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the pokeweed family Phytolaccaceae growing up to 8 feet (2 meters) in height. It is native to the eastern United States and has significant toxicity.
